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A Soft Answer.

The husband was quick Of tenn
per and often incnnsiderate. They
had been married not a year when
one day, in fit of hasty wrath, he
said to his wife:
81 want no CORE action from yon.
Ifyou are not satisfied with my
conduct, you can return to yonr
home whence [ took Won, and find
happiness with your kind"
elf leave YOU" returned the TN.
happy wife twill you give ME- back
that which, brought to youg"
"Everv dollar, covet not your
wealth. You shall have it all back. "
"Ah!" she an ,wered, W mean
not the wealth of gold. thought
not of dress. [ mean nv maiden
heart-mv first and only love-my
buoyant hopes and the promised
blessing of my womanhoOd. Can
you give these back to me7n
A moment of th0uoht-ot con-
vnlsion-and then, taking her to
his arms:
"No. no, my wife, I will keep
them henceforth unsullied and un
panied. will cherish your bless
ing as.my own; and never again,
God helping me, will l. forget the
pledge | gave at the holy altar
when you gave your peace AMI hap-
piness into my keeping"
How true it is thata "sofL answer
turneth away WRATH" and how
many, oh! how many of The bitter
TRIES of the domestic life, might
be avoided by remembering and
acting in accordance Herewith.
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Origin Of the Word "CIsar."

The origin of the word cigar is of
some interest, and is not to be found
in the ordinary dictionaries. The
word, of course, is Spanish, and
Littre in his French dictionary,Sa
that it is derived from cigars. the
Spanish me for graSshopper, land
is so called because of the reSem
bIance OF the article to the body of
a grasshopper This seems very
falfetched; and there is another
derivation which seems more rea-
sonable. When the Spanards first
introduced tobacco into Spain from
tue island of Cuba in the sixteenth
century they cultivated the plant
In their gardens; which, in Spain,
are called cigarral; aud roll it up for
smoking as he had learned it from
the Indians in the West indies
When one offered a smoke to a
friend he could say: "ES de mi ci
garral"-1t is from my garden
Soon the expression came to be
Este cigarras es de mi cigarral"-
This cigar is from my garden
And from this the word clgarspread
over The world. The name cigar
raj for garden comes from cigarra,
a grassiopper, that insect being
very common in Spain, and cigar
raj meaning the place where the
cigarra sings: In this way the
word cigar comes from cigarra, the
name OF the insect, not because il
resembles the body Of the grass
hopper, but it was grown i'll the
place it frequents.-Cbicago Fri
bune.
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Is Your Wife a Beg2arg

| was c0nverSing the other even
! ing with q young married man Of
my acquaintance, writes a Boston
correspondent of the t'ittsbnrg
Dispatch, on subject which has
recently attracted some attention
I'm the newspapers and magazines.
namely: "The financial relations
that should exist between husband
and wife. Tie ideas he expressed
were so strikingly original tina"
cannot torbear to qaote them. S sid
he: "Before [ abandoned the con.
dition Of bachelorhooa [ had matle
up my mind from extended ohS"r.
varlonS, that the average hu ;ban,l
was Il pig. Idid not wish to be u
pig myself, an | 80 I determined to
pursue in everything a course pre-.
ciselv the reverse OF that followed
by the average husband. The ay-
erage husband mikes u great fuss
if he is requested to do an erran'l.
Accordingly [ make point OF ask
ing my wife before go to nv Of
flee every morning fora list Of COM
missions, which | execute with the
utmost care. The average husband
ut home bosses the woman. frets
like a year old infant over every
thing that does not suit him, and
makes his family unhappy. try
to do just the opposite. The aver
age husband doles out his money
to his wife rs if she were Il beggar.
Therefore, l give my wife every
cent earn, aad she makes me an
allowance forposket money. "For
it.seems to me-" continued this
eccentric young min, "the notion
entertained by the average huS-
band concerning his wife'S rights
in the family purse is as wrong AZ
wrong can be. In sober truth he
thinks she. has not any. He sup.
ports the family, and for the money
he generously gives her she shuld :
be duly grateful. Now, in my opin.
ion, this is false assumption. AS
a rule, she does as much to support
the family us he dues, and | can
very easily prove it. Take my own
case as an example. We live very
comfortably, although our means
are not sufficient to employ more
than one domestic. But if | had
no wife [ should have to engage
honSekeeper, with an under servant
and it would cost me nearly twice
as much to keep up my little es.
tablishment as ii does now; III fact,
[ could not live on my income
Thus, you see, my wife is equally
with myself d producer Of Values
She makes as much money ;ls [
but in another form. l enjoy q
share of what she produces. Is
she, then, not entitled TO a share
of what produces What [ have
said Is simply intended to cover
the case Of the average husband,
who is a pig. Certainly no gel-
tlenan whoSdeseryes che name will.
force his wife to beg for anything
he has TO give, whether he has Il
right to it or not"
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behind man with a dinner pail

behind a man with q dinner pail
and walked behind h m several
blocks. He was on his way to his
daily work. His step was qnlck
and light and walked with the air
of one bu0vant with health and
hope. fell to Illuminating on the
usefulness of this army ofmnn with
tin pals who 60 to aud return from
their workshops day in and day
out the year round, as regularly as
the sun rises and sets. Thav are
the bone and sinew of the land, tile
foundation stones Of the public.the
keystones of the great arch of
American progress. The merchant
the capitalist. are useful and nee
essary componentS of the polite,
but all are dependent on the man
with the dinner pail. The capital
ist may have millions at his com
mand, but his money is of no use
TO him unless the wheels Of the
workshops and the railroads go
round, and they cannot he kept in
motion without. the help OF. The
man. with the dinner pail. The
merchant fills an important place
in every community, but, without
the patronage of the MIN with the
dinner pail, he could not do bust
ness long. The Statesman who
makes the laws depends on the
vote of the man with the dinner
pail to create him q lawlnaker. -
What power is concentrated in the
army of men who trudge daily be-
tween home and workshop! What
Il power for good or evil! Com
bined under one banner they defy
the world!
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4 Quick witted Girl

Conrtship is visible on every
hand at Saratoga. Its aspects are
various, but usually mild, though
violent. Only last evening went
quickly around corner Of a We
randa and caught a fellow strug-
Cling with girl for kiss.
You shan't have it, she said.
4 WILL he persisted.
No, you SIlant-'a and here she
saw Inc, and she finished the sen
tenGe this way: This locket is a
keepsake, and L won't even leud IL
TO YOU
Locket, indeed! Fellows don't
pucker their mouths like that in
asking for lockets.-Philadelphia
Tunes.
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laff.,. NJ =
SNREvEAEED.

Lte.agood rifts c'mf,
And, lol uni eednd u, dor foot We tread
The bloom that for.u swoctness might have ehe
Bcf,le VIII, SO blessings We aro blind and dumb
Drnad highways load
rp from the densiot darl: nese md despair;
\ OF our poor falterlng feet must stumble thnre,
And croplng mid tho thorns cur bro must bleed
our true friends roach
Strong hanGs to halpus Ger tho heights of pain:
Yet to our allen cars their cries arn valn-
We own them not-by glance or touch or speech.
An meiwhen from our eyes
yomo swift dpy rends thu veil. yet MI ton Into.
How shall We sta1dand mourn without the gate |
wringlug fral handsn important surprise
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Dinner Pail Hen.

The man with the TIN dinner pail
is IL common sight upon our streets
says the Rome Sentinel. You see
so many of bis class every day, that
perhaps, you have never given tia
second Thought. nmy waydown
town tile other morning | fell III
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The The WHITE
Sewing Machine
STANDS AHtAD OF ALL OTHERS

The Iatesrlmprovcd cylinder shut
tie and flat shank needle cannot be
set wrong, are am mig the latest
improvements. Ovsr 10000 now
in use in the short time OF III years.
Never such q record with any other
sewing machine. Don't buy any
till You have examined this new
machine then yon can nudge for
Yourself the quiptest shuttle ma
chine on the market. Let me hear
from you.
have also the patent DOUBLE
EDGED REVERSIBLE SHEARS
or SCISSORS. the best you ever
saw. never need grinding nor get
loose in rivet.
And am still making large
amount of the best quality OF pop
lar and oak furniture, snch as mar.
BILE top bureaus, tables, stands,
sideboar(lS, cupboards, trundle beds,
sc. Repairing done and pictures
framed. Pulpits for churches made
to order.
Thanking you for past favors, |
submit my claims to you III the fu-
ture and will Try and merit con
tlnuance of the same patronage.
Respectfully, &C.,
R. b. PENNEWELL,
ONANCoCK, Va.
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Siocomb g. Ames,
ONANCOCK. VA.
ACCOMAC STEAM FIGURING
MILLS,
Temperanceville, Va.

IuIh PIIOOo'
The public will please take no.
tice that the mill property desig.
mated above, which formerly be.
longed to Mr.. ID. IL. Dennis, is now
owned by the undersigned who
Will continue to do business at the
old stand, and will endeavor TO
give entire satisfaction to all who
may favor him with their custom.
Thanks for former patronage. Fu.
ture iav0rs solicited.
Respectfully. &C.,
JOSEPH I'll. JONES.
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Yalua6le Farm For Sale at
Private Contract

The undersigned offers for sale
at private contract his farm silua
ted on Occohannock Greek contain
ing 434 acres. 1t is beautifully 10
Gated, we'll adapted to trucking
purposes, has abundant resources
aud is convenient to churches,
schools and steamboat wharves-
being one mile from Davis wharf
and half mile from Sturgis wharf.
Uponit there is a tine orchard and
on it's shore there is planting
ground for an unlimited quantity
of oysters. 1t is SO situated that
it can he conveniently subdtlded
into four farms, with ample re.
sources for each. 1t will be sold on
reasonable terms. For further
particulars either Call on or address
by letter. S. &. BULL,
Charlottesville, Va.
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Valuable Building Lots For Sale
at 0nancOck.

The undersigned will sell at pub
lie auction, at Onancock,l in front of
Onancock Academy, on
Saturday, Nov, Goth, at 2 p. M,
without reserve bid
4 Building Lots-S0x365 Feet,
fronting on Kerr street, between
nj. L. Parsonage, South, and the
residence of VIM. S. Mills.
have also 6 OF S more lots Which
| will also offer at same time and
place, If there is demand for them
Plat of the lots can he seen at
ENTERPRISE office, and at store of
" alter ID. Lewis, Onancock.
Terms. which will be easy and ac
commodating, will be made known
on day Of sale.
WIN. S. MILLS,
Onapcock.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-17

eouldn't-and here is your money
was afraid / would never see you again:
1 didn't intend to keep your money;
and saying this. the boy pulled out
lot of change, and, taking forty-hve
cents, proffered it to the gentleman.
The letter-written in Atlanta. "a.
which relates the above incident with
its pleasant sequel. mentions the recent
death of Mr.. -, one of the most up
right and .honored citizens OF that city
He was the boy who many years ago
BACKED the New York gentleman's
boots at the Grand Central re-
turned the ''change."
The fact that the New York gentle
man was so pleased with little Paui
that he adopted him and educated him.
only adds circumstance to the blog-
raphy of a boy who probably would
have grown up good man without the
aid of wealthy friends. One act OF
simple integrity illustrated his charac-
ter-and his sacrifice to principle was
gain, here and eternal.-Youth's Conn
a3u3aiO7l
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PecuIarities Of Beggars.

The first necessity of the genuine
beggar is lying. 1t is most astonishing
what plain, simple, easily discovered
lies some people will tell. l know one
man who has maintained one persist
ent lie for years. He always says his
child is dead and he wants money to
bury it. He has time and again been
caught in it, and yet he keeps it up,
and he has been known to come to the
same person three or four times with til e
same pretext. The fact is people are
generous to beggars. They will crush
any man who is unfortunate and out of
luck. They will not help the man
whom Nature has cursed with an in
adaptability to the responsibilities of
life, but who keeps up constant
struggle. They will offer charity to
the afflicted and make it.charity, but to
the beggar who comes boldly up with a
lie on his tongue they'll give with a
smile and laugh as good joke
San Francisco Chronicle.
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Mr.. AND MRS. BOWSER.
The Question of Family Finances Dis
cussed by Much-Abused Woman.

The Question of Family Finances Dis
cussed by Much-Abused Woman.
One evening just before our mar
riage Mr.. Bowser said to me:
Il shall make you weekly allow
ance of cash. and the money will be
absolutely yours. The idea of wife
having to beg money of her husband
strikes me with pain and disgust. Half
of what he owns belongs to her, any
way. and yet some husbands make
their wives account for the pennies as
much as if they were errand boys.
shall give you SO per week, and you
can either spend or save it,
The first four weeks after marriage
we were off on our bridal tour. and 1
was too happy to think of such base
stuff as cash. 1t was all of seven
weeks before made out and playfully
presented to MIR. Bowser the following
little bill:
Mr. Bowser to Mrs. Bowser Dr.
To seven weeks stipend at $40 per week. :. SO
Received payment.
whats thisp'' demanded Mr.. Bow
ser, as he received it in q very formal
manner.
"My little bill. You were to allow
me $40 per week, you know
'.For what?"
$50 that would not have to ask
you for money"
''Um! What's to prevent you fir om
asking for money when you need it?''
But you proposed this method"
al did, eha I have no recollection
of any such proposal. If you want
six dollars per week as pin money l
have no objections. however. to max
ing it regular thing"
'.It would be very nice. -
Yes. Well. begin on Saturday
to give you So "
Three dollars"
"Or, if that is too much, well say
81 Yes. 81 is about the figure. You'll
want a portion of it to buy pins,
needles. gloves, handkerchiefs, thread,
buttons, laces and SO on, and the rest
you can spend for candy and street car
tickets. Don't be reckless, Mrs. Bow
ser. While haven't stingy hair in
nv head. I don't like to see money
wasted"
The next Saturday he handed me So,
and ON the next only 81 so. On the
third Saturday the stipend was reduced
to 81. and hesitated about accepting
It.
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A Hideous Museum.

Among the numerous collector
curiosities of every kind who aboun
Paris, there is one wealthy Writ
who amuses himself by collec1
deaths heads and skeletons fantasti
" carved or modelled in marble, ca
enware, wood or precious stones. III
he has gathered together in kini
museum of death, which at first 81
seems hideous and s'macabre," bu
closer inspection proves highly il
esting. Some of the heads have bee
tached from those old medieval ros
beads which were usually ornamd
on one side, with the profile of a
or a saint, and on the other wit
grinning face of skeleton. o.
the most hideous, yet at the same
most artistically executed, of the
ures is that of a skeleton engag
taking from off his bones the
queror worms which have been
ing him as their own. The col
has given a lugubrious reality
objects in his museum by placin
and there among them the sku
dead women.-Paris Cor. London
graph.
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SCOTCH UNIVERSITIES.
Why They Are Able to Fill Their Chairs
With Exceptionally Able Men.

Why They Are Able to Fill Their Chairs
With Exceptionally Able Men.
Each of the Scottish universities COM
prises four Faculties''-Arts, Medi-
cine, Divinity and Law. Edinburgh
still maintains her old reputation as
one of the best medical schools in the
United Kingdom, and the law lectures
are believed to be also exceptionally
good at Edinburgh. Only those stu
dents who are intended for the minis
try of the Church of Scotland attend
the divinity classes at any of the four
universities, the dissenting Presby-
terrain bodies having divinity halls
of their own. Divinity students always
attend four years at the carts" classes,
unless they pass preliminary exam
ination, and so escape the first year.
Medical and law students, as a rule,
spend only two years at Latin, Greek
and logic before they proceed to their
special studies It must be understood
that ''a year, means at a Scotch uni
versity session of barely six
months, from the beginning of Novem-
Der till the end of April: There are, it
is true, short summer sessions" but
these exist only for medical students.
This arrangement of the year is neces-
sary on account of the poverty of
large number of the students.
And an incidental benefit of con-
siderable Importance arises from what
seems at first sight very bad arrange
ment of the academical year. The
work of Scotch university professor
is, while it lasts, exceedingly arduous;
and while some of the chairs at Edin-
burgh and Glasgow are supposed to be
worth f2, 600 or $4,000 year, many
of them are but poorly endowed. To
be absolutely master of ones own time
for six months of the year is a great
boon, and constitutes an attraction
which helps the Northern universities
to fill their chairs with exceptionally
able men.-Ndtiondl ReUieU.
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INSPECTOR BYRNES.
Organization of the Detective Bureau b
the New York Police.

Organization of the Detective Bureau by
the New York Police.
The detection of crime IS q secondary
function of the police force, but is one
of such romantic and morbidly
fascinating character that it possesses
absorbing interest for the great ma
jority of readers. The Detective
Bureau, with apartments and records
at police headquarters, includes forty
detective sergeants, under the orders
of Inspector Thomas Byrnes. This
officer, whose celebrity vies with that
of Fouche and Vidocq, has been in
command since 1880.
On May 25, 1882, the Detective Bureau
as now constituted was created, at the
urgent solicitation of Inspector
Byrnes, by the State Legislature, and
the salary of each detective sergeant
raised to $1,000. Ward detectives
serving under the captains of their
respective precincts are not included
in this particular branch of the force.
Inspector Byrnes is native of Ire
land, but is of American training.
Entering the force in 1868, he rose
through its several grades to his pres
ent office. Wedding out all the worth
less and inefficient, and supplying
their places with young, active and in
telligent men, he instructed and
organized the latter on his own plans.
The Detective Bureau soon attained to
National Importance. Special atten-
ton was paid to Wall street. Skilled
thieves, the "best men, of their nefari-
GUS occupation, priced it as the richest
of their hunting grounds. Fat purses
were distracted, tin boxes containing
money, bonds and valuable papers fell
into their hands, and knavery was
jubilant. Now that district is to them
as paradise to the lost spirit in Moslem
legend. They may view afar, but may
not enter. Any thief found be-
low line drawn across the
city through Fulton street is
seized at once and compelled to &C
count for himself. If the explanation
be not satisfactory, the grip of the law
tightens around the culprit, and the
familiar Jail again becomes his home.
Ten or twelve detectives are always on
duty at a room in the Stock Exchange.
On call, one or more can be sent to any
place in the lower section of the city
within two or three minutes. '.From
the 18th of March. 1880, until to-day,
they have not lost ten-cent stamp in
Wall street by professional thief-not
penny, not a cent" is not an empty
boast. 1t is sober truth. Somebody
did steal President Simmons overcoat
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QUEENS HORSES.

The Use to which Turtles Are Put Along
e - the Amazon River.
"Some years ago." said a friend,
who was a famous traveller, and with
whom was exchanging turtle expert
ences, II found myself up the Amazon
so far that I imagine was the only
really white man in the country. The
natives and half-bred Portuguese held
undisputed possession. l was well re-
ceived everywhere, the people being
extremely hospitable, and among the
curious things that I noticed was that
almost every family kept turtles just as
we do pigs In other words, attached
to nearly every little house was pen
or corral in which one or more turtles
were confined as the family meat
supply, and killed as occasion re-
quired. The turtles were extremely
large, some weighing two hundred and
fifty pounds, and were three feet in
length, and proportionately stout and
bulky. I found that they formed one
of the most important articles of dietin
the country, and many of the natives
earned living by catching and selling
them to the richer people.
'.My first glimpse at these huge tur-
ties was at a small hut where OBJ
served child sitting in bath tub
made of the shell of one, and this led
to my becoming acquainted with the
originals, for my host observing my in
terest in the animals told me that q
regularly organized hunt was to take
II ~ Il op1 hio
were going he invited me to join them.
On the morning of the hunt we went to a
little settlement about five miles up the
river, and there waited for the entire
party, the members of which were ar
irving every minute in their canoes in
fours and fives. Having some time to
wait I went ashore and strolled about,
and at one of the houses I found
that the turtles in their usefulness were
not restricted to food but were utilized
by the native children as perambulat-
ors. Hearing shouting in one of the
corrals I looked over the fence and
there were two little urchins, each
mounted on large turtle. and evil
IDENTIFY racing, as each rider sat astride
of the shell, and with piece Of bam-
boo split at the end urged the phleg-
matte steeds along at pace which
might have been a mile a week, as the
turtles, aroused at the noise of the
blow. would scramble ahead foot,
for it certainly could not be felt; but
the moment their heads protruded far
enough to see the diminutive rider
they would take alarm. draw in neck,
tail and feet and stop suddenly to re-
cover courage and repeat the maneu-
yer moment later-the riders vary
ing the performance by standing upon
the backs of their steeds and frisking
about like circus riders. &C. T. Holden.
in CIaattduQId7a.